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Re: My favourite animal is a cat. vs A cat is my favourite animal.

Hello.
I'm really sorry to barge in.

If we talk about cats in general, the sentence should be "My favourite animals are cats." or "Cats are my favourite animals."
"My favourite animal is a cat." is not natural. "A cat" here does not have a generic meaning. Do I understand it correctly?

Re: My favourite animal is a cat. vs A cat is my favourite animal.

Originally Posted by tzfujimino

Hello.
I'm really sorry to barge in.

If we talk about cats in general, the sentence should be "My favourite animals are cats." or "Cats are my favourite animals."
"My favourite animal is a cat." is not natural. "A cat" here does not have a generic meaning. Do I understand it correctly?

.Not a teacher

Hi tzfujimino

When we are talking about cats in general, it seems that some native speaking English teachers in this forum would say as follows: